Alaskan Tundra Animals And Plants

They often have a strong sense of smell to help them find food underneath the snow.

Alaskan tundra animals and plants. One of the dominant plants that covers the tundra is Labrador tea. These creatures and plants are adapted to live in colder climates and thrive in Alaskas tundra biome. And draw pictures of life in the ocean and the tundra and state how they are the same and different.

Create food chains for the ocean and the tundra. This conserves nutrients and helps protect the plant from cold windscour and desiccation. Some tundra plants such as Labrador tea and Arctic dryad retain old leaves rather than dropping them.

The Tundras Animals and Plants. Many animals live on the tundra including caribou. Other plants such as Kamchatka rhododendron achieve extra protection by growing in dense mats or cushions.

This rich diet enables them to rear their young in an otherwise bleak environment. The arctic willow is a dwarf shrub that is very small and low to the ground so it can stay warm and survive in the tundra. The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food.

Tundra wildlife includes small mammalssuch as Norway lemmings Lemmus lemmus arctic hares Lepis arcticus and arctic ground squirrels Spermophilus parryii and large mammals such as caribou. Sort animals and plants into the ocean or tundra ecosystem they live in. Lemmings musk oxen arctic foxes and wolves.

ALASKAS TUNDRA WILDLIFE 2020 1 Alaskas Tundra Wildlife. TUNDRA ANIMALS AND PLANTS. Various hardy plants and wild flowers spring up during the short growing season on the semiarid tundra plains.